I wonder where the readers' feedback Mingwa talks about came from. I wonder if she checks pirate sites like this one. Because I think many people over here have clearly pointed out the strengths and weaknesses of this story throughout the years and maybe those comments could help her improve her writing. Because we know her art is good and that she's great at drawing confort and fluff. But, if she really wants to write about toxic and serious themes, she NEEDS to start building the characters' backstories and inner monologue/thougths early on in the comic. What made this comic an often frustrating read and what made the top seem irredeemable for some fans was precisely the poor early character characterisation. We knew nothing about Jaekyung's backstory and inner thoughts. Heck, we knew next to nothing about Dan's inner thoughts!!! You cannot give depth to a story without that. You can't grab your readers like that.
I wonder where the readers' feedback Mingwa talks about came from. I wonder if she checks pirate sites like this one. Because I think many people over here have clearly pointed out the strengths and weaknesses of this story throughout the years and maybe those comments could help her improve her writing. Because we know her art is good and that she's great at drawing confort and fluff. But, if she really wants to write about toxic and serious themes, she NEEDS to start building the characters' backstories and inner monologue/thougths early on in the comic. What made this comic an often frustrating read and what made the top seem irredeemable for some fans was precisely the poor early character characterisation. We knew nothing about Jaekyung's backstory and inner thoughts. Heck, we knew next to nothing about Dan's inner thoughts!!! You cannot give depth to a story without that. You can't grab your readers like that.